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New to your community, here's my first post....
Roaming the forest vicinity of villages "Gortel - Nierssen" in Holland. This is a forest area where game is living freely. To get them on camera is back to the basics of deer-hunting.
enjoy the pics of the stag we caught - in - the act...!
WanKie
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1st February 2015, 09:56 AM #1
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Cervus Elaphus: Caught in the act.....
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1st February 2015, 10:55 AM #2
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Re: Cervus Elaphus: Caught in the act.....
Leave the animal alone, Wankie....it is doing what it does naturally...
Look at the look you got in #2. It has the "mind your own business" look...I think both shots needs a bit of straightening, don't you think? Love the lighting...
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1st February 2015, 11:13 AM #3
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Re: Cervus Elaphus: Caught in the act.....
Izzie, you're totally right the deer is telling I should not interfere...!
Not interfering wildlife is my goal as rule-of-thumb, Obviously I was not succesfull this time....!
The straightening; could do, however the picture was taken on a slope, additionally, trees were reclining to the left.....
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1st February 2015, 11:30 AM #4
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Re: Cervus Elaphus: Caught in the act.....
Indelicate situations aren't that unusual when ya shoot critters. That second image could make
a great portrait with better PP.
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1st February 2015, 11:34 AM #5
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Re: Cervus Elaphus: Caught in the act.....
Welcome WaKie. I particularly like the second shot. It's quite classic. Perhaps a bit flat though. If you have the software to do it, it needs a slight a slight tonal shift to the left on the histogram to bring the black more into play.
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1st February 2015, 01:23 PM #6
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Re: Cervus Elaphus: Caught in the act.....
Hi John2,
Followed yr advice; tonal adjustment made; Black level now touching left of histogram.... Thanx!
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1st February 2015, 04:04 PM #7
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Re: Cervus Elaphus: Caught in the act.....
Nice images; yet why started with a ****ting image?
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1st February 2015, 05:15 PM #8
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Re: Cervus Elaphus: Caught in the act.....
I think the eyes can be drawn to the slope but I rather prefer a straightened image...must be me, what do I know?
Originally Posted by WanKie
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1st February 2015, 05:24 PM #9
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Re: Cervus Elaphus: Caught in the act.....
Welcome to CiC, WanKie! Lovely composition and colouring.
It isn't really possible to verify that this image isn't level, but if it gives that 'feeling' it may be worth a slight CCW rotation so that the viewer's attention isn't pulled away from the beauty of the scene.
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